Big Scoring Nights

Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images

Lorenzo Romar could always count on Pondexter's scoring ability.

In his senior season, Pondexter put up twenty points or more in seventeen games. That's just short of half of the Huskies games last year. Seventeen 20+ point games in a season was good for No. 4 in Huskies history.

This year, Wasington's three leading scorers have that many 20+ point games combined: Thomas (7), Bryan-Amaning (6), and Holiday (4).

To go beyond even last year, Pondexter had 30 games in his Washington career which he scored at least 20, and 75 games in double figures.

Finished Extremely Well Around The Basket

Pondexter ran the court well for the Huskies, always filling the lanes on the fast break. He also had an excellent first-step that allowed him to get separation and get to the rim consistently.

This translated into getting fouled a lot. Pondexter led Washington in free throw attempts with 226, one behind Pac-10 leader Derrick Williams.

While Isaiah Thomas is a great penetrator, and gets to the line a fair share himself, it is always great to have one of your front-court players who can take the ball strong in traffic, and draw the foul.

Decent From Downtown

Stephen Dunn/Getty Images

Even though Pondexter will never be mentioned in the same breath as Ryan Appleby or Tre Simmons in terms of three-point shooting, he was the team leader last year among the starters in shooting percentage beyond the arc (35.3 percent).

This was actually an area of great improvement for Pondexter from his junior to senior years. As a junior, he only shot 21.4 percent from the three-point range.